Lima holds first CDBG hearing
LIMA — The Lima Economic Development Committee held a public hearing Monday to discuss which projects should qualify for Community Development Block Grant and HOME funds, the first of three public hearings planned after requests for CDBG funding exceeded available funds by $2.7 million.
Region braces for potential record heat
LIMA — The summer heat has arrived with a vengeance, and area residents are urged to be cautious when it comes to the rising temperatures.
Plane crashes in field south of Bluffton Airport on Monday evening
BLUFFTON — According to the Findlay Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol, at approximately 5:18 p.m. Monday, a single plane crashed in a field south of the Bluffton Airport, 1080 Navajo Drive, Bluffton.
Witness: Trump ‘detached from reality’
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s closest campaign advisers, top government officials and even his family were dismantling his false claims of 2020 election fraud ahead of Jan. 6, but the defeated president was becoming “detached from reality” and clinging to outlandish theories to stay in power, the committee investigating the Capitol attack was told Monday.
Hearings set for Lima teens charged in Lane Avenue murder
LIMA — Arraignment hearings are scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in Lima Municipal Court for a pair of 18-year-olds charged in connection with the murder of Lima resident Jaden Halpern.
DeWine signs bill allowing armed school employees
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio school districts could begin arming employees as soon as this fall under a bill signed into law Monday by GOP Gov. Mike DeWine.
McPheron spared prison time for sexual assaults
LIMA — A man known as the “Dad of Tik Tok” reportedly told his thousands of followers on the popular social media app that he was sober and had overcome his battles with alcohol addiction.
First National Bank expanding into Lima
LIMA — For Pandora-based First National Bank President and CEO Todd Mason, bringing the bank’s first branch to Lima felt like a bit of a homecoming, as he grew up in the area.
Middle Point man convicted of tampering with evidence
VAN WERT — A Middle Point man charged with a felony count of tampering with evidence in connection with the 2016 disappearance of a Van Wert man was convicted by a Van Wert County jury last week following a three-day trial.
Man sentenced for grocery store robbery at knife-point
LIMA — A Lima man who robbed a mom-and-pop convenience store at knife-point earlier this year was sentenced Monday in Allen County Common Pleas Court to a minimum of two years in prison.
